Lightning Thief Heroes

In the book The Lighting Thief, by Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson is a troubled, dyslexic kid who is soon to figure out he’s a demi-god. He has to return the Master Lightning Bolt back to Zeus before the summer solstice, and figure out the riddle of the Oracle which instates he will be betrayed. Also on his quest, he has to avoid monsters because he is a demi-god and monsters can sense him.

He also faces Ares who also attempts to kill him. The real reason they went to the underworld was to rescue Percy's mom from Hades as he was holding her hostage and to retrieve the Lightning Bolt for Zeus. Throughout this journey Percy realizes that he is not an outcast and that he fits in and he realizes his father does care for him. Percy also realizes that he has a place at Camp Half Blood

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The god-teachers who were influential in helping Percy succeed in his quest were Grover and Poseidon. Without them, Percy would be unsuccessful. When Percy was first brought to camp half blood, Grover; Percy’s best friend, helps him get comfortable with the camp by showing him around. Grover is Percy’s best friend but he is also his protector. For example, Grover stays behind in the underworld because there was a shortage of pearls. He sacrifices himself for Percy’s safety which was very considerate of him. Percy’s father assists him during the capture the flag match, when Percy was weary and injured. He instructed Percy to put his hand in the water to heal and regain strength. Percy’s dad also helps him by telling him to not eat the lotus flower. The lotus flower was treacherous because it simulated Percy’s, Annabeth’s, and Grover’s brain into wanting to stay at the casino. This results in Percy and his friends escaping from the lotus layer. Although Percy’s dad was not there in person to accompany him, he still helped Percy through his thoughts. He even said to Percy at the end that “I’ll always be there in your heart and I’ll always be there when you need help.” Annabeth and Grover aid Percy in getting his mother back by collecting the pearls to travel to the underworld and back. The quest was very deadly but Percy’s mother needed help and the God’s were about to go at

Throughout the novel, Percy shows his bravery as he faces various obstacles. His first act of bravery happens when he faces the minotaur, Percy states “As the monster barreled past, I drove the broken bone straight into his side, right under his furry rib cage. ”(Riordan 55). Percy was alone in the woods

Imagine this: a world with never-ending darkness, and only a handful of heroes able to end the murkiness. By definition, a hero is a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities. The characters of Penelope of Homer’s Odyssey, and Percy Jackson from Rick Riordan’s Mark of Athena. While Penelope may have been one of the heroes of the Odyssey, it is clear that Percy Jackson possess more heroic qualities than Penelope.

So, when Grover, Annabeth (the daughter of Athena), and him encounter her garden she turns a lady that was holding Annabeth’s arm into stone. Medusa is then trying to tempt Annabeth too also look into her eyes, right when Annabeth gets tired of closing her eyes Percy distracts Medusa. She then goes and tries to turn him into stone. For instance, when she says “Let me see your eyes. I hear they are bluer than the Circassian Sea. Open them! Or my hungry babies will have to open them for you.” She has snakes as hair and she is warning him that if he doesn’t open his eyes on his own she is going to make the snakes open his eyes. However, he manages to not look into her eyes and ultimately ends up chopping her head off with his pen that turns into a sword. Later, he has to beat the hydra dragon. He made things worse since he cut the heads off, and according to Greek mythology when you cut one off two grow back. This is exactly what happens and they are attacking him, but he is able to defeat

Percy Jack the main character of the whole first series. Percy is the son of Poseidon and Sally Jackson, which in turn makes him a half- blood. Percy is faced with many challenges first because he finds out that his dad is a greek god, but also that his mom married a guy that smells horrible so the monsters looking for him would not be able to smell him. Percy starts out as a twelve year old boy in the beginning of the series and continues to grow as a character and personality wise. Grover is another great character he is introduced as Percy's best friend, who later reveals that he is s satyr, who has to take Percy safety to camp Half-Blood, which he did not because Percy had to carry him across. Grover then gets one last chance to prove

Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to worse. In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Camp Half-Blood grows more vulnerable by the minute as Kronos' army prepares to invade its once impenetrable borders. To stop the invasion, Percy and his demigod friends must set out on a quest through the Labyrinth - a sprawling underground world with stunning surprises at every turn. Along the way Percy will confront powerful enemies, find out the truth about the lost god Pan, and face the Titan lord Kronos’s most terrible secret. After the adventure at Percy’s birthday, Poseidon appeared. Then, Nico came and told Percy that he knew how to defeat the titan armies for good.

Both Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1: The Lightning Thief and the Epic of Gilgamesh have heroes as their protagonists. Those protagonists, Percy Jackson and Gilgamesh, have similarities and differences, which can be used to see how humanity’s view of the concept of a hero has changed over the last three-thousand and two-hundred years. The differences in their qualifications for heroic qualities, both traditional and modern, highlights how humanity’s viewpoint of what it means to be a hero has changed. Way back when, in ancient Mesopotamia, a hero only needed to be a special guy that gods or goddesses took a special interest in. Nowadays, there are character requirements for being a hero, such as having the ability to emphasize with

Percy is a hero because he saved the world of WWIII of the gods. In chapter 9 Percy starts his path on the hero 's journey when he is called to complete a quest. The conversation is between the centaur Chiron and Percy. "Your quest, of course. Will you accept it?" I glanced at Grover, who was crossing his fingers. "Um, sir," I said, "you haven 't told me what it is yet." Chiron grimaced. "Well, that 's the hard part, the details."Thunder rumbled across the valley. The storm clouds had now reached the edge of the beach. As far as I could see, the sky and the sea were boiling together."Poseidon and Zeus," I said. "They 're fighting over something valuable ... something that was stolen, aren 't they?" This shows that Percy was just called to adventure. Percy was just given a task to stop a war between the gods. This shows that Percy just stepped foot on the hero 's journey since this was his call to adventure. “Percy starts his journey on the road of trials when HE ENCOUNTERS THE FURIES, WHO ARE HADES HELPERS. The text says “Annabeth and Grover moved up behind the Furies cautiously, looking for an opening. I took the ballpoint pen out of my pocket and uncapped it. Riptide elongated into a shimmering double-edged sword. The Furies hesitated. Mrs. Dodds had felt Riptide’s blade before. She obviously didn’t like seeing it again. “Submit now,” she hissed.

that Greek gods exist, and have been closely observing western culture and ideas. The author draws parallels to Percy’s life, who is an American teenager, with that of Greek heroes. This parallel helps the readers to relate to the book, essentially engaging the young readers to learn about Greek mythology and the lessons of life that it teaches, in a not so bland way. The protagonist of the novel, Percy Jackson, is revealed to be special in some way. This section also develops other supporting characters, such as Chiron, Percy’s teacher, who also was mentor to Hercules and Grover, who is Percy’s sidekick, a multi-dimensional character with his own past, hopes and concerns. The association of Chiron and Percy foretells that Percy will carry on heroic deeds in future. Percy fights Minotaur, a monster that even Theseus fought and defeated. In the process of defeating Minotaur, Percy loses his mother, which he feels was his last hope to returning to his normal human life. By drawing parallels between Percy and various heroes of Greek Mythology, the author shows Percy in the light of a hero. A hero who is yet to prove his worth in the Camp Half-Blood. His encounter with Clarisse at a bathroom in camp, allows him to show his strength, which was very similar to that of his father Poseidon, but also instils in some ways fear amongst the camp

Although exhausted, hungry, and fearful, he continues to fight an enemy that does not die, they instead turn to dust and return to fight another day (Riordan 102). Tartarus is also a very harsh place filled with toxic air and “treacherous landscape with its pits, cliffs, and jagged rocks” that devours people (Riordan 158). Percy had to “drink firewater” just to stay alive (Riordan 158). He is determined to fight, never giving in. Like Percy, sometimes we are going to be faced with great adversity and a hostile environment. However, we cannot give up, but must have the courage to keep trying and not be afraid to fail. We can always try again; running away is not an option if we are going to be the person God wants us to

The film does a good job of accurately representing some of the minor characters from mythology as well. Percy’s friend Grover is a satyr, and displays a strong interest in many of the females in the film. Chiron, leader of the centaurs makes an appearance as well, disguised as one of Percy’s teachers. He later reveals himself to be a centaur and the leader of the Demigod Camp that Percy travels to. Charon also makes an appearance, and only allows Percy and his friends to travel to the Underworld once they have paid him. As mentioned before, Medusa appears in the film, and expresses her anger towards Athena for transforming her into a monster. She also tells Percy that she ‘used to date [Poseidon],’ which is a more family-friendly version of the Roman story where Poseidon rapes her in Athena’s temple.

As for the movie, Percy is your stereotypical 16-year-old teenager who also lives with an abusive stepdad. Similar to the book, Percy is attacked by a monster and his life forever changes. Percy’s